Improvement in horse-power



inghain, i fWindham, and State` of Vermont, have `invented a new and improved Horse-Power;` and I do hereby` proved horsepower.

. mitting-shaft E.

CHARLES l LQDRURY, or ROCKINGHAM, VERMONT.

l LettersPatent N11/95,008, dated Septmnber 21, 1869..

b *IIMPRQVEMENT IN HORSE-POWER.

The Schedule referred to nthese Letters Patent and making part of the same.

`To all whom/it may collaterale Beit known that I, CHARnns L. DRURY, of Rock-4 (Saxton` River Village,) in the county of declare thatI theffollowing is a4 full, clear, and exa'ct description thereof, by which those skilled in the art `can makeand use the same, reference being had to `the accompanyiuf drawings, forming part loi' this specification, in w ich-#- `Figure `1 representsa plaulor` top view of my improved horse-power. 1 y

Figure'2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the same, takenou the plane of `line a', a: of iig. 1. r i

Figure 3 is avertical trausversesection of the same.` c, l f Silnilailettersof referenceindicate corresponding parts. 4 a

This invention relates to anew horse-power of that -elass in which the animal moves on an inclined wheel or disk; and

, The invention consists inthe arrangement of devices for adjusting *the position of said wheel, and in the application of adjustable antilii-iction bearings for y the transmitting-axle,as`well `as inthe c v general arrangement and' combination of parts. l A,'in`the drawing-represents the frame of my imy It is` made of-'wood or other suitable material, of suitable forn1,a1id strong enough, for the purpose of sustaining tliem'achinery connected with the apparatus. l f a B is the shaft which carriesthe driving-wheel C. l The shaft standssomewhat inclined,'as in fig. 3, so

,l as tohold'the wheel in `an' inclined position, and the` whole frame may, `if desired, be pnt up in a similar inclined positioinas in iig.` 3. l i

" rilhe lower end' of the shaft li is set in step, a,

l while its upper end iits through a slotted cross-bar, l), ofthe frame, and is, by'a ,sliding plate, D, adjusted nearer to `or further awayl 'omthe' end of the trans- `The Ashaft -E `is placed horizontally upon rollers c c,

which are hung'on the frame A, and is held down by ,rollers d, which are attached to pivoted bars, e, as in iig. 3, and which prevent the shaft E from being nnsteady on its bearings.

A conical or other friction-wheel, f, mounted on the shaft E, is brought in contact with the underside or edge of the wheel C, and is revolved by the same.

The contiguous portions of the wheels C f may, ii' desired, be toothed. y

The degree of friction is regulatedV by the plate D, which holds the wheel O more or less close against j'.

The pivoted bars e, when adjusted to"theshaft E,

rare locked by set-screws y.

The animal for operating' the machine travels on the wheel O, between bars `h h of the frame A. It is lhitched to a whiiiietree, i, which is hung to the gate j, through which the animal enters the machine.

A feed-box, 1.1,.is arranged between the bars h h, in front of the animal. l

The space between the bars hinay be of suitable width to accommodate one or more animals.

The shaft E transmits'motion to other machinery by means of belt or pulley or otherwise.

Having thusgdescribed my invention,

I claim as new, and desire to secureV Patent- 1."The inclined shaft B, carrying the wheel C, in combination with the steps a and sliding-guide D, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The swinging bars, c, carrying the wheels d, and

by Letters l, arranged, in combination with ,the shaft-E and rollers c, substantially as and for the 'purpose herein shown and described. l

3. Theiframe A, having the bars hh, the gate j,

'and the whiffietree t, or its equivalent, hung to it, in`

combination with the inc-lined shaft B, and wheel C, substantially as specified. l

C. L. DRURY.

Witnesses:

' H.` HUBBAnn,

F. G. Blxm. 

